The following lectures have been scheduled on the University Park campus:
-- Michael Leja, professor of American art history at the University of Delaware, will present "Mass Culture's Happy Family: Social Relations and the Flood of Pictures in the Late-19th-Century United States" at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, in the Palmer Lipcon auditorium at the Palmer Museum of Art, University Park. This is part of the American Art Lecture Series. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/10600
-- Lee Giles, professor of information sciences and technology, will discuss "What is that search engine doing anyway?" at noon March 2, in the Penn State Downtown Theater. The discussion is part of the spring season of Research Unplugged. FOr the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/10599
-- "Working for Agencies that Provide Disaster Relief" is the topic of the next talk in the Tsunami Speaker Series, to be held at noon Wednesday, March 2, in 410 Boucke Building, University Park. Speakers are Tom Colledge from Engineers for a Sustainable World, Bob Barry from the American Red Cross and Uma Asher from the Association for Indiaââ¬â¢s Development.